PUSHKIN, Alexander Sergeevich (1799-1837) -- SENKOVSKII, O.I. (editor). Biblioteka dlia Chteniia . [Library for Reading.] St. Petersburg: Aleksandr Smirdin, 1834.
PUSHKIN, Alexander Sergeevich (1799-1837) -- SENKOVSKII, O.I. (editor). Biblioteka dlia Chteniia . [Library for Reading.] St. Petersburg: Aleksandr Smirdin, 1834. 7 vols, 8° (240 x 160mm). Mostly uncut and unopened, with the original deckle edges, plates some of which folding. Some adverts laid-in. (Occasional scattered spotting, occasional light wear, a very few gatherings loose or detached.) Original printed wrappers (some chips and tears). UNCUT IN THE ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS. 7 volumes for the year 1834, including 5 contributions by Pushkin: 'Skazka o mertvoi Tsarevne i o semi bogatyriakh', 'Krasavitsa', 'Elegiia', 'Kirdzhali' and 'Peterburg'. Other contributors include Krylov ('Razboinik i Izvoshchik - Lev i Mysh'), Zhukovskii, Glinka, Baron Brambeus, Ushakov and many others. Smirdin's Library for Reading 'played a significant role in the history of Russian periodicals and the professionalization of Russian authors' (Smirnov-Sokol'ski). The volumes comprise: February (vol. 2/1); April (vol. 3/1); May (vol. 3/2); June (vol. 4/1); July (vol. 4/2); October (vol. 6); December (vol. 7/2). Smirnov-Sokol'ski, Pushkin , 120. (7)
PUSHKIN, Alexander Sergeevich (1799-1837) -- SENKOVSKII, O.I. (editor). Biblioteka dlia Chteniia . [Library for Reading.] St. Petersburg: Aleksandr Smirdin, 1834.
PUSHKIN, Alexander Sergeevich (1799-1837) -- SENKOVSKII, O.I. (editor). Biblioteka dlia Chteniia . [Library for Reading.] St. Petersburg: Aleksandr Smirdin, 1834. 7 vols, 8° (240 x 160mm). Mostly uncut and unopened, with the original deckle edges, plates some of which folding. Some adverts laid-in. (Occasional scattered spotting, occasional light wear, a very few gatherings loose or detached.) Original printed wrappers (some chips and tears). UNCUT IN THE ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS. 7 volumes for the year 1834, including 5 contributions by Pushkin: 'Skazka o mertvoi Tsarevne i o semi bogatyriakh', 'Krasavitsa', 'Elegiia', 'Kirdzhali' and 'Peterburg'. Other contributors include Krylov ('Razboinik i Izvoshchik - Lev i Mysh'), Zhukovskii, Glinka, Baron Brambeus, Ushakov and many others. Smirdin's Library for Reading 'played a significant role in the history of Russian periodicals and the professionalization of Russian authors' (Smirnov-Sokol'ski). The volumes comprise: February (vol. 2/1); April (vol. 3/1); May (vol. 3/2); June (vol. 4/1); July (vol. 4/2); October (vol. 6); December (vol. 7/2). Smirnov-Sokol'ski, Pushkin , 120. (7)
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